The Abe Doctrine: Japan's Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy

by Daisuke Akimoto

Book Overview

This book focuses on Prime Minister Abe's policy toward international peace and security proposed in 2013 under the basic principle of 'proactive contribution to peace'. To this end, this book investigates Prime Minister Abe's policy-making process of the Peace and Security Legislation, which transformed Japan's security policy and enabled Japan to exercise the right of 'collective self-defense', which used to be 'unconstitutional'. This book evaluates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811076588
• ISBN13: 9789811076589
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"